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Barbary corsairs weren’t just pirates. They were part of a larger enterprise. There was a religious element to that enterprise:[…]
Read moreBarbary corsairs weren’t just pirates. They were part of a larger enterprise. There was a religious element to that enterprise:[…]
Read moreWhen people think of Barbary corsairs, they often envision them in oared galleys massing to attack European sailing ships—rather like[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of Oared Galleys – The Story of La Real: Part 1. If you haven’t done[…]
Read moreOnce upon a time—back in the 1570s—there was Augustinian friar named Antonio, a Portuguese man living in Spain, who had[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of The Travails of Friar Antonio – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already,[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of The Travails of Friar Antonio – Parts 1 and 2. If you haven’t done[…]
Read moreIn the early 1600s, a young French sailor named Nicolaus, from Havre de Grace (modern-day Le Havre, located on the[…]
Read moreOn Wednesday, June 20,1 1627, Barbary corsairs raided the village of Grindavík on Iceland’s southwest coast. These corsairs had come[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of The Járngerðarstaðir Farm Family – Part 1. If you haven’t done so already, it’s[…]
Read more(This post is a continuation of The Járngerðarstaðir Farm Family – Parts 1 & 2. If you haven’t done so[…]
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